Valentin Litau
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Date of verdict
- 2021-08-24
- Region
- Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea
- City
- Simferopol
Case summary
Resident of the town of Saki (Crimea). Presumably, detained on 10 June 2020 as part of the case of preparation for a terrorist attack at the market in Simferopol. He confessed, after which he was charged only with distribution of leaflets about the overthrow of the state system of the Russian Federation. On 25 August 2021, he was sentenced to a suspended sentence. On 1 December 2022, Litau was removed from the list of Rosfinmonitoring.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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